Prazdninovy FIDE turnaj Stropkov 2026 5.rocnik
43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Stropkov, Slovakia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1917, and top seed was Jan Tokarcik (🇸🇰 SVK, 2033).
David Demjan (🇸🇰 SVK, 1933) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Kacper Folta (5.0) and Maksymilian Wojtun (4.5). Demjan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Maksymilian Wojtun (1686) beat Krzysztof Skiba (1929), a +243-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Demjan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).
David Demjan 3 wins (R4–R6)Juraj Lazo 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David Demjan | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Kacper Folta | — | * | — | — |
| 3Juraj Lazo | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Krzysztof Skiba | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demjan, David | 1933 | SVK | +33B | +12N | −11B | +8N | +6B | +7N | 5.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 18.00 | 2011 | +24.0 |
| 2 | Folta, Kacper | 1876 | POL | +41B | +19N | =4N | =7B | +17N | +3B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 15.25 | 1948 | +16.4 |
| 3 | Wojtun, Maksymilian | 1686 | POL | +38B | +9N | +5B | =6N | +11B | −2N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 15.25 | 2024 | +87.2 |
| 4 | Tokarcik, Jan | 2033 | SVK | +36B | +8N | =2B | =11N | +14B | =5N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 16.00 | 1981 | -9.2 |
| 5 | Skiba, Krzysztof | 1929 | POL | +15N | +13B | −3N | +18B | +12N | =4B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 15.75 | 1949 | +5.0 |
| 6 | Lazo, Juraj | 1979 | SVK | +28N | +16B | +18N | =3B | −1N | +11B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 14.75 | 1939 | -3.2 |
| 7 | Mizanin, Matej | 1677 | SVK | =17N | +29B | +22N | =2N | +9B | −1B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 13.00 | 1901 | +58.8 |
| 8 | Vesely, Jozef | 1778 | SVK | +21N | −4B | +15N | −1B | +32N | +20B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 11.50 | 1782 | +0.2 |
| 9 | Dlugos, Matej | 1889 | SVK | +30N | −3B | +20N | +13B | −7N | +19B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 11.50 | 1761 | -29.5 |
| 10 | Tirko, Martin | 1728 | SVK | F | F | +38B | +30N | +26B | +24N | 4.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 2425 | +45.6 |
| 11 | Siska, Samuel | 1693 | SVK | +39N | +25B | +1N | =4B | −3N | −6N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 10.75 | 1821 | +18.4 |
| 12 | Viglas, Richard | 1749 | SVK | +23N | −1B | +30N | +25N | −5B | =15B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 9.25 | 1636 | -24.0 |
| 13 | Kristof, Simon | 1721 | SVK | +43B | −5N | +27B | −9N | +21B | =14N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 7.25 | 1604 | -15.6 |
| 14 | Dolhosh, Oleksii | 1812 | SVK | =29N | =22B | +28N | +21B | −4N | =13B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 9.75 | 1676 | -32.4 |
| 15 | Florek, Szymon | 1542 | POL | −5B | +38N | −8B | +34N | +25B | =12N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 7.25 | 1545 | -1.2 |
| 16 | Greslik, Michal | 1767 | SVK | +27B | −6N | =31B | −24N | +37B | +26N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 16.0 | 7.50 | 1659 | -11.2 |
| 17 | Didic, Michal | 0 | SVK | =7B | +33N | −25B | +31N | −2B | =22B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 7.50 | 1737 | +6.0 |
| 18 | Viglas, Matej | 1806 | SVK | +26B | +31N | −6B | −5N | −20B | +29N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1670 | -35.6 |
| 19 | Lazur, Richard | 1625 | SVK | +37B | −2B | −21N | +27N | +29B | −9N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 1613 | -3.6 |
| 20 | Polacok, Jozef | 1619 | SVK | +32N | F | −9B | +23B | +18N | −8N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1700 | +5.6 |
| 21 | Siskova, Alexandra | 0 | SVK | −8B | +42N | +19B | −14N | −13N | +36B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1627 | -22.0 |
| 22 | Karol, Timur | 1617 | SVK | +42B | =14N | −7B | −26N | +30B | =17N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.25 | 1513 | -23.6 |
| 23 | Pytliak, Marek | 0 | SVK | −12B | +35N | −29B | −20N | +42B | +31N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 1519 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Geletka, Tomas | 1964 | SVK | F | −40N | +43B | +16B | +28N | −10B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.00 | 1751 | -40.0 |
| 25 | Mrazik, Pavol | 0 | SVK | +35B | −11N | +17N | −12B | −15N | =28B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 6.25 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Mikula, Nikodem | 1421 | POL | −18N | =32B | +39N | +22B | −10N | −16B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1536 | +16.0 |
| 27 | Verespej, Daniel | 0 | SVK | −16N | +34B | −13N | −19B | =38N | +32B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 904 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Handra, Jan | 1555 | SVK | −6B | +43N | −14B | +42N | −24B | =25N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.25 | 1108 | -13.6 |
| 29 | Banas, Daniel | 1451 | SVK | =14B | −7N | +23N | =32B | −19N | −18B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 5.75 | 1408 | -8.4 |
| 30 | Pytliak, Simon | 1485 | SVK | −9B | +37N | −12B | −10B | −22N | +42N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.50 | 945 | -31.6 |
| 31 | Slivka, Vasil | 1615 | SVK | +34N | −18B | =16N | −17B | =36N | −23B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 4.75 | 1587 | -2.6 |
| 32 | Suski, Jan | 0 | POL | −20B | =26N | +35B | =29N | −8B | −27N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 4.25 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Mihok, Richard | 1543 | SVK | −1N | −17B | −34N | =35B | =39N | +43B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 1535 | -4.8 |
| 34 | Zych, Artur | 0 | POL | −31B | −27N | +33B | −15B | −35N | +37N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 3.50 | 1363 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Jadlovsky, Simon | 1522 | SVK | −25N | −23B | −32N | =33N | +34B | =38B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1543 | +1.2 |
| 36 | Polackova, Eva | 1562 | SVK | −4N | F | =37B | +43N | =31B | −21N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 549003909 | 0 | — | −19N | −30B | =36N | +39B | −16N | −34B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 1288 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 549000713 | 0 | — | −3N | −15B | −10N | F | =27B | =35N | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.25 | 1297 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 14992787 | 0 | — | −11B | =41N | −26B | −37N | =33B | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.25 | 1284 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Panko, Eduard | 1945 | SVK | F | +24B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2764 | +10.6 |
| 41 | Sovic, Pavol | 0 | SVK | −2N | =39B | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1072 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 14991616 | 0 | — | −22N | −21B | F | −28B | −23N | −30B | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 14991608 | 0 | — | −13N | −28B | −24N | −36B | F | −33N | 0.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 869 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Wojtun, MaksymilianPOL+87.24.5 pts · #7
- 2Mizanin, MatejSVK+58.84.0 pts · #6
- 3Tirko, MartinSVK+45.64.0 pts · #10
- 1Geletka, TomasSVK-40.03.0 pts · #13
- 2Viglas, MatejSVK-35.63.0 pts · #11
- 3Dolhosh, OleksiiSVK-32.43.5 pts · #12
- R3+243 Elo gap
- R3+240 Elo gap
- R6+236 Elo gap